Improvement in coin-holders



0. s. HARMON. Coin-Holders.

No. 209,887. Patented-Nov. 12,1878.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

ORVILLE s. HARMON, on BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OE ONE-HALF HIS RIGHTTO FREDERICK A. PHILLIPS, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN COIN-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,887, dated November12, 1878; application filed October 18, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OuvILLE S. HARMON, of the city of Brooklyn, in Kingscounty, and

State of New York, have invented certain simple in construction,inexpensive, and susceptible of long-continued use.

To this end my invention consists in a coinholder composed of tworectangular frames, connected at the back, and adjustable relatively toeach other, for the purpose of receiving and releasing coins.

It also consists in a coin-holder composed of two rectangular frames,connected at the back, and held in position at the front by a deviceconnecting them together.

It also consists in a coin-holder composed of a single piece of wire,bent to form two rec-. tangular frames, and having the ends fastened bybeing bent around the body or central barof said two frames.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a front view of acoin-holder-of sheet metal embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a topview thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a coin-holder of wireembodying the invention. Fig. 4 is a top View of another coinholder ofwire slightly modified in form. Fig. 5 is a top view of anothercoin-holder of wire otherwise modified in form, and Fig. 6 is aperspective view of the latter.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

The coin-holder represented by Figs. 1 and 2 is composed of tworectangular frames, A A, made of a single piece of sheet metal,connected at the back by a common bar, a, and provided at the frontbars, bsay at about the middle of their length-with lugs e for thereception of a connecting device, such, for instance, as an elastic cordor band, B, slipped over them, and holding the front bars in suchrelation to each other as to retain coin between them and the commonback bar a. One or more of the edges of the front bars, as also of thetop bars, 61, of the holder, may be bent over to stiffen the bars, ifdesirable.

The coin-holder represented by Fig. 3 consists of two rectangularframes, AA, of wire, united rigidly at the back bars, a, by solder orotherwise, and adapted to be sprun g apart at the front bars, I), toreceive coins, and to thereafter resume positions for receiving coinsbetween them. It may have lugs or loops 0 on the front bars, I), forreceiving a link, whereby the front bars may be retained in the properpositions for receiving the coins.

The coin-holder shown in Fig. 4 is also composed of two rectangular wireframes A,

composed of a single piece of wire, bent'to form a back bar, a, and benttherefrom transversely outward, thence parallel therewith, and finallyinward, and connected to the opposite end of the back bar, a, by havingits ends f bent around the same, whereby two complete frames, A A, areformed, having a common back bar, and adapted to be sprung I apart toreceive coins between them, and to resume their normal positions afterthe introduction of the coins to secure the same.

It will be seen that by my invention I produce a neat, simple, and cheapcoin-holder, which is susceptible of long-continued use, because it canbe opened or spread apart, and closed or allowed to resume its normalposition, repeatedly.

What I claim-as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-V.

1. A coin-holder composed of two rectangular frames, connected at theback, and'adjustable. relatively to each other, for the purpose ofreceiving and retaining coins, substantially as specified.

2. A coin-holder composed of two rectangular frames, connected at theback, and held in position at the front by a device connecting themtogether, substantially as specified.

3. A coin-holder composed of a single piece of wire, bent to form tworectangular frames, and having the ends fastened by being bent aroundthe body, central bar, or common back of the said two frames,substantially as specified.

ORVILLE S. HARMON.

Witnesses OWEN PRENTIss, CHANDLER HALL.

